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in the evenings. Graft vines when the shoots are sprung 

 about fifteen inches. (See page 99.) Sow seeds of cap- 

 sicum and tomato ; also tender annualu for the stove. Sow 

 salads, early horn carrot, and early Dutch turnip on slight 

 hotbeds during the first fortnight ; as also celery and cau- 

 liflower for transplanting. Force strawberries and kidney- 

 beans; and continue the forcing of roses, rhododendrons^ 

 kalmias, hardy flowers, and bulbs. 



Green-house. More water may be given than formerly. 

 Sow seeds of green-house and hot-house plants ; also the 

 different sorts of tender annuals ; pot off those sown last 

 month. Shift green-house and stove plants; plant tube- 

 roses in pots for forcing ; remove the forced shrubs and 

 plants, as they come into flower, from the forcing-houses to 

 the conservatory and green-house ; attend to the alpine and 

 auricular frames. Begin to propagate green-house and 

 stove plants by cuttings. 



Flower Garden and Shrubbery. In the last week, sow 

 hardy annuals in the borders, with biennials that flower the 

 first season ; as also perennials. Plant anemone and ranun- 

 culus roots. Transplant from the nursery to their final 

 sites annuals sown in autumn with biennials and perennial 

 herbaceous plants. Propagate perennials from root-slips 

 and offsets. Protect tulips, hyacinths, and choice flowers, 

 from severe weather. In the last week put into heat the finer 

 sorts of dahlias, so as to start them, and prepare them for 

 propagation by cuttings and by division of the roots. In 

 the first week complete the planting of hardy deciduous 

 trees and shrubs ; and finish the planting of evergreens by 

 the middle; but some of the hardier sorts may still be 

 planted towards the end of the month. Likewise finish the 

 pruning of all deciduous trees and hedges as soon as possi- 



